Using Key Commands

As you become increasingly familiar with Logic's feature set, you'll start to notice that you perform some tasks more often than others. By assigning a command to a specific key on the computer's keyboard, we can execute these functions without having to reach for the mouse and navigate a hierarchical menu. These key command assignments are written to the Logic preferences file, and are accessible to all songs. This differs from the screensets you created in the last exercise, which are saved within the song file itself.

Logic's Key Commands window is a powerful mapping tool that lets you assign a key (or combination of keys) to nearly every menu item that Logic offers, and even to some special functions that can be accessed only via a key command.